Witnessed by: Ayurveda

Uttanjan (Blepharis edulis), of the Acanthaceae family. Spiny prostrate desert undershrub with bristly bracts; native range: dry sandy plains of northwest India, Pakistan, Arabia and North Africa. Globally recognized as uṭiṅgana in Sanskrit, utangan · uttanjan in Hindi, utangan in Urdu, and desert blepharis in English. The part used is seed. Small pale seeds that turn mucilaginous when soaked, faintly sweet and bland.

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